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Cottage Grove reports strong first year for city-led pickleball program; 2025 expansion planned
Summary
City recreation staff said pickleball grew from volunteer-led play into a city-run program in 2024 with leagues, a tournament and 230 club members; staff proposed expanded leagues, added tournaments, youth lessons and a membership goal of 300 for 2025.
Noah Raynham, Recreation Specialist for the City of Cottage Grove, told the Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission that the city’s first full year operating pickleball programming generated substantial participation and that staff plans a larger calendar in 2025.
Raynham said the city offered a summer league with nine men’s doubles teams and 17 coed doubles teams (26 teams total) and expanded to singles and women’s events in the fall, bringing fall participation to 49 teams. He said the program counted 230 pickleball club members in 2024, up from a volunteer-led…
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